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First Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Youth in Lebanon
(
Human Kinetics
, 2019 , Article)
Evidence on physical activity (PA) indicators for children and youth at a national level is necessary to improve multilevel support for PA behaviors. Lebanon's first Physical Activity Report Card for children and youth ...
Results from Lebanon's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
(
Human Kinetics
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The prevalence of childhood obesity in Lebanon nearly doubled between 1997 and 2009.1 This shift in population health is extremely alarming, given that obesity is associated with a host of chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular ...
Physical fitness and physical self-concept of male and female young adults in Qatar
(
Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Background
Physical inactivity is high within the Qatari population, particularly within females, and school-based environments, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. School-based physical activity (PA) outcomes ...
Charactertistics of preferred gait patterns: Considerations for exercise prescription
(
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Gait patterns have been widely studied in different fields of science for their particular characteristics. A dynamic approach of human locomotion considers walking and running as two stable behaviours adopted spontaneously ...
Characteristics of preferred walking patterns in young Qatari adults
(
Qatar Foundation
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Walking is the most natural and important activity of daily living as it refers to the primary type of terrestrial human locomotion. Analyses of gait patterns typically examine the speed and manner in which people prefer ...